Granted Patent B2

US 7,902,314 · App. 12/718,552 · Granted Mar 8, 2011

Abstract

Claims (13)

1. A method for preparing a composition, comprising:

reacting an organosilicon hydride having a structure (M 1 ) a (M H ) b (D 1 ) c (T) e (Q) f with an epoxyolefin to form a first intermediate product having a structure (M 1 ) a (M E ) b (D 1 ) c (T) e (Q) f ; wherein M 1 =R 1 R 2 R 3 SiO 1/2 ; M H =R 4 R 5 HSiO 1/2 ; D 1 =R 6 R 7 SiO 2/2 ; T=R 10 SiO 3/2 ; Q=SiO 4/2 ; and M E =R 4 R 5 R E SiO 1/2 ; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 10 are independently monovalent hydrocarbon radicals; each R E is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing an epoxy group; and a, b, c, e, and f are stoichiometric subscripts that are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: b has a value such that 0<b≦2; and when (a+c+e+f) is equal to zero, b is equal to 2;

reacting said first intermediate product with a cyclic siloxane having a structure (D 6 ), to form a second intermediate product having a structure (M 1 ) a (M E ) b (D 1 ) c (D 6 ) o (T) e (Q) f ; wherein D 6 is R 8 R 28 SiO 2/2 , wherein R 8 is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, R 28 is a monovalent alkenyl group; a, b, c, e, f, n, and o are stoichiometric subscripts that are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: n is greater than or equal to 3; o is at least 1; b has a value of 2; and when (a+c+e+f) is equal to zero, (b+o) is greater than or equal to 3; and

reacting said second intermediate product with an (alkoxy)hydrosilane to form said composition having a structure (M 1 ) a (M E ) b (D 1 ) c (D 2 ) d (T) e (Q) f ; wherein M 1 =R 1 R 2 R 3 SiO 1/2 ; M E =R 4 R 5 R E SiO 1/2 ; D 1 =R 6 R 7 SiO 2/2 ; D 2 =R 8 R 9 SiO 2/2 ; T=R 10 SiO 3/2 ; and Q=SiO 4/2 ; wherein each R E is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing an epoxy group; R 9 comprises a pendant functional organosilicon group comprising a structure -L 1 -Si(R 11 ) g (OR 12 ) 3-g or L 2 (D 3 ) h -L 3 -Si(R 13 ) g ,(OR 14 ) 3-g′ , wherein L 1 , L 2 , and L 3 are independently divalent linking groups; g and g′ independently have a value from 0 to 2; D 3 =R 18 R 19 SiO 2/2 ;

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , R 17 , R 18 , and R 19 are independently monovalent hydrocarbon radicals;

wherein a, b, c, d, e, f, h, and i are stoichiometric subscripts that are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: b has a value of 2; d is greater than or equal to 1; when (a+c+e+f) is equal to zero, (b+d) is greater than or equal to 3; and when i=0, h is at least 1.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said epoxyolefin has a structure:

wherein R 29 , R 30 , R 31 , R 32 , R 33 , and R 34 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having from one to sixty carbon atoms, W 1 is a divalent or a trivalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to sixty carbon atoms, W 2 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to sixty carbon atoms, and the subscripts p and q are independently zero or one subject to the limitation that when W 1 is trivalent, one of R 29 or R 30 is a hydrogen atom.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said epoxyolefin is selected from the group consisting of limonene oxide, 1,2-epoxy-7-octene, 1,2-epoxy-9-decene, 1,2-epoxy-4-vinylcyclohexane, 1,2-epoxy-5-hexene, 1,2-epoxy-9-decene, 3,4-epoxy-1-butene, allyl glycidyl ether, 1,2-epoxy-7-octene, 2,3-epoxy-5,6-norbornene, 2-(4-allyloxyphenyl)-2-(4-glycidyloxyphenyl)propane, and mixtures thereof.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein R 8 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, octyl, decyl, dodecyl, cetyl, butoxy, hydroxypropyl, 2,5,8-trioxadecyl, triacontyl, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl; R 28 is selected from the group consisting of 1-ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 1-butenyl, 1-pentenyl, and styrenyl; and n has a value of 3-6.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein R 8 is methyl, R 28 is 1-ethenyl, and n is 4.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein e and f are zero, a is at least 1 with the limitation that (a+b)=2; and c has a value from 0-500.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said (alkoxy)hydrosilane comprises triethoxysilane.

Assignments (21)